Business

• TikTok is hit with $368 million fine under Europe's strict data privacy rules

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 50

  European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children's privacy, the first time that the popular...

• Climate protesters around the world are calling for an end to fossils fuels as Earth heats up

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 41

  Tens of thousands of climate activists around the world are protesting Friday and through the weekend to call for an end to the burning of...

• EU faces deadline on extending Ukrainian grain ban as countries threaten to pass their own

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 37

  The European Union faced a Friday deadline to decide whether to extend a ban on Ukrainian food from five nearby countries that have complained that...

• About 13K workers on strike at all 3 Detroit automakers for the first time in their union's history

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 62

  About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn't bridge a giant gap between union...

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• Thousands sign up to experience magic mushrooms as Oregon's novel psilocybin experiment takes off

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 49

  Psilocybin tea, wind chimes and a tie-dye mattress await those coming to an office suite in Eugene to trip on magic mushrooms. For roughly six...

• China welcomes Cambodian and Zambian leaders as it forges deeper ties with Global South

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 45

  China and Zambia upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership on Friday, the latest move by America's chief...

• House bucks Biden electric vehicle push with bill to safeguard gas-powered cars

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 71

  The House passed legislation on Thursday that would prevent states from forcing automakers to go electric by phasing out sales of new gas-powered...

• Census Bureau finds more Americans driving to work

  15-9-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 43

  Busier roads and congested trains are greeting U.S. workers as more of them return to in-person work, the U.S. Census Bureau found.

• Apple forced to update software after France’s iPhone 12 ban over radiation risks

  15-9-2023 Business NY Post - Business 46

  The French government welcomed Apple's software update, saying it would be swiftly tested and should allow for sales of the relatively old iPhone...

• Cocaine poised to surpass oil as Colombia’s biggest export this year: report

  15-9-2023 Business NY Post - Business 87

  Colombia's cocaine output increased to a record 1,738 tons last year, compared to just 972 tons in 2021.

• Disney reportedly slashes targets for Disney+ subscribers after hiking prices

  15-9-2023 Business NY Post - Business 70

  Disney is anticipating its subscriber count to fall tens of millions short of its 2024 target for Disney+ following a series of price hikes for the...

• Millionaire developer who said blue-collar workers are overpaid, need to experience ‘pain’ apologizes

  15-9-2023 Business NY Post - Business 37

  A millionaire property developer who told Aussie tradies they are being “paid too much” and that workers need to “experience pain” has issued an...